OBSERVER readers are being urged to go to the moon and back as part of a major campaign to improve fitness.
The University of Worcester is spearheading a ‘Moon Mission’ which will involve taking people walking, pushing, running, pedalling, swimming, toddling, rowing and wheeling – or just about any physical activity.
The idea is people taking part will collectively travel the distance to the moon and back – a total of 477,714 miles.
The Moon mission, which comes on the back of the success of last year’s Around the World in 80 Days challenge, is designed to encourage everyone to be more physically active.
The university wants to target children and adults from schools, colleges, community groups and clubs as well as people who are less active or are not involved in community activities.
The mission takes off on Friday, March 20 to coincide with the Spring Equinox and a partial solar eclipse. People will then have until July 31 – the last full moon of the month – to log their miles.
Louise Jones, director of health and wellbeing at the university, said: “We are hoping to get individuals, sports clubs, community groups, businesses, in fact everyone, involved in this mission to take the region to the moon and back.
“It’s a fantastic opportunity to get out and try something new, or just to get active in this New Year. We are really hoping as many people as possible will get involved.”
People will be able to log on to the website – www.worcester.ac.uk/moonmission – and log their miles.
The website will give a rolling status of each individual’s miles, as well as the overall total.
People can also share their individual stories about how they are contributing to the Mission.
To find out more about the mission, or to sign up to take part, visit www.worcester.ac.uk/moonmission.
